JPH11288422A - Method and system for supporting information collection - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly, efficiently, and easily obtain desired information by using a network. SOLUTION: This system is provided with a means 4 for inputting and outputting invitation information constituted of invitation items from an information applicant (information recipient) and certification data for certifying the prize of the invitation items, certification means 5, means 6 for settling the prize of the information applicant, means 7 for dividing the invitation information into public invitation information and information for management, means 8 for opening and/or distributing the public invitation information, means 11 for inputting application information corresponding to the public information items, means 12 for operating the discrimination converting processing of the inputted application information into the applicants, means 13 for outputting the application information to the applicant, and inputting the evaluation information of the applicant for the information, database 14 for distributing the prize to the information provider (information donor) based on the evaluation information, and storing the won prize sum, application information, and invitation information or the like of each information applicant, and reward settling means 16.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and a system for assisting efficient and easy collection of desired information from privately owned or available information via a public line network and a computer network. A prize is added to the collected information items entered using a telephone terminal or a facsimile terminal, etc., and the information is released or distributed through a computer network, etc., and the application information for the recruitment information is collected and transferred, so that more information is collected. And a system for enabling quick and easy collection from persons.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a method of collecting information using a telephone terminal or a facsimile terminal, conventionally, a weather forecast information providing service, a time report providing service, a telephone number voice guidance service,
There are facsimile information distribution services and the like.

[0003]

However, the above conventional method can only retrieve information stored in a tape or a database, and cannot collect information not stored in a database or the like. In addition, there is a problem that a great deal of labor is required to collect and input information, and there is a very large time difference between the generated information and the information stored in the database.

[0004] In other words, there is no actual method or system for obtaining information in various fields in real time using a telephone terminal or a facsimile terminal.

As will be apparent from the following description, the present invention has been made as a result of recognizing such a technical problem by the inventor and conducting intensive research. It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for ensuring security such as easiness, wide range, quickness, and anonymity using a facsimile terminal.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for inputting desired information and authentication information of an information recruiter (information recipient) from a telephone terminal and transmitting tag information corresponding to the desired information. The information is output to the information recruiter, the desired information is converted into a data format as required, and further prize information is added to the information so as to be released or distributed to a plurality of terminals via a computer network or broadcast, and the application information for the desired information is transmitted to a computer. The information is input via a network, the tag information is added to the application information, the information is stored in a database, and the tag information is read in response to a request for viewing the application information of the information recruiter from a telephone terminal, a facsimile terminal or a computer terminal. The application information for the desired information is extracted from the database and output to the terminal, and the information provider (information donor) of the application information is required. Flip imparting sweepstakes and it is obtained by said.

Further, according to the present invention, desired information is input from a facsimile terminal of an information recruiter, the desired information is converted into a data format as required, and prize information is added to the information to be disclosed or published through a computer network or broadcast. Distribute to a plurality of terminals, input the application information for the desired information via a computer network, convert the input application information to a data format as needed and output it to any facsimile terminal or e-mail server, A prize is awarded to the information provider of the application information as necessary.

Further, the present invention provides a system for collecting desired information using a telephone terminal or a facsimile terminal and a computer network for authenticating desired information from an information recruiter and a prize based on the desired information. Means for inputting and outputting authentication information from a public line network, means for authenticating the authentication information and outputting tag information for the recruitment information to an information recruiter, means for settling a prize of the information recruiter, Means for dividing the recruitment information into announcement recruitment information and management information, and disseminating the recruitment information for publication to an unspecified number of members and / or distributing the recruitment information to specified members extracted from pre-registered members based on the recruitment information Means, means for inputting application information for the announcement recruitment information, and separation of the input application information to information recruiters, and location of the information provider as necessary. Means for applying predetermined processing so as to conceal it, adding tag information and storing the information in a database, and extracting application information based on the previous term tag information in response to a browsing request of the previous term information recruiter or accumulation of information, and Means for converting information to voice-type data or facsimile-type data as necessary and outputting the information to an information recruiter via a public line network or a computer network, and distributing a prize to the information provider;
Means for outputting the winning prize amount of each information provider to a database.

Further, in the system, means for storing the recruitment information and the application information in the database,
The information processing apparatus may further include means for referring to the information and the winning prize amount accumulated in the database, and means for settingtle the accumulated points in response to a request from the information provider.

[0010] The authentication and settlement of the bill for the prize comprises:
Preferably, a signal transmitted by pressing a push button of a telephone terminal is used for a combination of numbers and / or symbols described in a prepaid card distributed in advance. It is preferably performed by publication and / or broadcasting by a WWW (World Wide Web) server on the Internet, and distribution to specific members extracted from pre-registered members based on recruitment information is distributed by e-mail. Do with.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In a preferred embodiment of the system of the present invention, information is solicited from a terminal of an information solicitor (information recipient) such as a telephone or a facsimile through a public line network and the information to be solicited. An input / output means (4 in FIG. 1) for inputting / outputting recruitment information including authentication information for authenticating a prize; a means for authenticating and confirming authentication information (5 in FIG. 1); A settlement means (5 in FIG. 1) for settling the prize of the donor) and a separation / conversion processing means (6 in FIG. 1) for dividing the recruitment information into recruitment information for publication and management information. It is stored in the database (14 in FIG. 1). In the embodiment of the present invention, a score (score) representing an index such as the importance of the recruitment information may be added instead of the prize.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the recruitment information for publication is disclosed to an unspecified number and / or
Or means of publication and distribution to specific members (8 in Fig. 1)
And an input means (11 in FIG. 1) for inputting application information for an open recruitment item, and a predetermined process for sorting the input application information to an information recruiter and concealing the location of the information provider as necessary. Classification / conversion processing means (12 in FIG. 1) for performing conversion processing, and input / output means (FIG. 1) for outputting application information to the recruiter and inputting the recruiter's evaluation information for the information.
13), means for inquiring and publishing information stored in the database (14 in FIG. 1) through a computer network (15 in FIG. 1), and means for settlement of reward (16 in FIG. 1)
And

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, (a) collecting information with a prize for desired information; (b) distributing information through a public line network and a computer network; c) By combining with an authentication / settlement system on the network,
Information can be efficiently and easily collected from human resources and human databases.

That is, information (recruitment information) on which a prize has been awarded is disclosed and disclosed on a network system using a WWW server, a database server, and e-mail.
Distribute, quickly and efficiently transfer application information for the recruitment information to the information recruiter, and settle these prizes,
By efficiently using an authentication and settlement system in a network, information possessed by an individual can be efficiently distributed.

In the method and system according to the present invention, the information provider is not a computer but a person (user of the system).
Therefore, a variety of questions can be asked, and the chances of obtaining an answer or giving advice to an ambiguous question, that is, a question in which the question itself is not clearly defined, increase.

Further, information already stored as a database can be obtained through a person, so that various information can be obtained depending on the amount of the prize.

In other words, according to the present invention, a prize is awarded to information that can be exchanged over a network, and authentication and settlement of the prize can be performed on the network, so that information can be smoothly distributed.

Further, when the amount of the prize is high, the possibility that a large amount of high-level information can be quickly obtained increases, and conversely, the easily obtainable information is collected at a low price. The quality and amount of information can be changed by varying the amount of the prize according to the information required according to the information.

The present invention provides natural science information, humanities information,
It can be used for collecting information such as regional information, personal network organization information, and image information.

Further, there is a merit that an information recruiter can easily and quickly obtain information via a public line using a telephone terminal, a facsimile terminal or the like.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. Although an example in which all of the components are housed in one system has been shown for ease of explanation, the present invention is not limited to this example, and a distributed system or the like, for example, a plurality of databases, input A system distributed to output means is also possible. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the entire system of a preferred embodiment of the information collecting system of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a public line network 2 is a wired and / or wireless public line network, and includes a telephone, a facsimile,
A mobile phone, a PHS and the like are connected. As the computer network 3, a computer network using various protocols, for example, the Internet using TCP / IP, an intranet, a network using IPX / SPX, a personal computer communication using a centralized management method, or the like can be used. In this embodiment, the Internet of the TCP / IP system, which has the largest number of connections, is used.

Here, the "information" may be any information as long as it can be mediated by the computer network 2. For example, multimedia information such as characters, images, voices, and videos is based on a standard such as MIME. It becomes possible by mediating by e-mail. That is, it handles most information that can be digitized.

"Information owned by an individual" is information directly or indirectly possessed by an individual, and can be obtained by investigating or asking another person even if they do not currently have it. Any information including information may be used, and is not limited or limited. Examples of such information include, for example, information on know-how such as programming method, computer operation / setting method, countermeasures in case of failure, experiment method, technical information such as experimental data, specific equipment and products, etc. Information on things, learning information on certain academic subjects, experimental data, personal information on people such as people and network, regional information on hospitals and schools in a certain area, landscape,
Includes all information that can be digitized, such as image information on objects, living things, etc., information such as audio, language translation information, information on language culture such as the meaning of words, and information for media coverage.

In the embodiment of the present invention, “information recruiter (information recipient)” refers to a telephone terminal, a mobile phone,
It is sufficient that the terminal is directly or indirectly connected to a public line using a terminal such as an HS or a facsimile, and the “information provider (information donor)” is a person who can use the computer network 2 directly or indirectly. Anyone who satisfies this condition may be in the world, and the spread of networks has enabled the distribution of information owned by hundreds of millions of people in principle.

In the embodiment of the present invention, an information recruiter gives a high prize to desired information,
Higher quality information can be obtained. Conversely, for information that does not require much quality or quantity, the prize can be reduced and information can be obtained at low cost.

Further, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the information provider, that is, the person who obtains the reward is registered, and the field of the registrant's specialty, the keyword of the available information, the e-mail account, etc. And extract relevant registrants and / or e-mail accounts from the database based on the newly input recruitment information fields and keywords, and recruit by e-mail to the extracted qualified registrants By distributing information, the quality and speed of information provision can be increased.

Referring to FIG. 1, the input / output means 3 for inputting / outputting recruitment information including the recruitment information from the information recruiter 1 and the authentication information for authenticating the prize related to the recruitment item, It is an input / output means used in a computer network such as a WWW (World Wide Web) server (httpd server) and a mail server (SMTP server and POP server) on the Internet, especially on the Internet.

Here, the "desired information" is the desired information,
That is, any information that can be exchanged in the telephone terminal facsimile terminal or electronic mail is a question item.

The "authentication information" is data for settling a prize, for example, ID data such as a prepaid card or electronic money corresponding to the prize, data on a member ID code and a password. These data can be input and authenticated via a public line network by voice or a signal generated by pressing a push button, or, in a facsimile, image data to be transmitted.

Means 4 for authenticating and confirming the prize authentication information
Is for confirming whether the input authentication information is legitimate and making a payment. The input ID data is stored in the database 14 of the information collection system or the database of an external certification organization such as electronic money. Check whether the authentication information matches the authentication information that has been used or not, and if the authentication / confirmation processing shows that the information is incorrect or incorrect, Proper processing such as interruption, output of information such as re-input or denial of service to the information recruiter is performed.
I do.

In the embodiment of the present invention, an external certification organization can be used. In this case, the authentication information is verified and settled through the certification organization.

Means 5, 1 for settling a prize from an information recruiter
Reference numeral 6 may be any of a payment method performed on the Internet, such as a payment using a credit card, a payment using a prepaid card such as a bit cash, and an electronic money payment. Alternatively, settlement may be made by a member registration in advance using an ID and a password given to the member, which is changed to a number such as a credit card by mail or the like.

Here, the "prize" is a prize paid to the information provider, but may include an operation fee and other expenses required for operation. Also, even if the prize is not the amount,
You can use the score (score) to later convert that score into money,
Payment may be made by converting the information into an object, information, or the like. In particular, when it is used for activating information exchange and / or personnel evaluation within an organization (providing a lot of high-quality information to others and giving a high evaluation to those who have won many prizes). It is preferable to use a score instead of a prize.

As described above, payment is made via a secret or non-secret electronic mail carrying an ID, encryption and / or password given by a prepaid card or electronic money, or directly on a WWW server. Performed in the exchange of. Of course, these settlement processes and operations may be performed on behalf of the information recruiter instead of directly.

Referring back to FIG. 1, the division / conversion processing means 6 for dividing and converting the recruiting information into the recruiting information for publication and the management information is divided into authentication information and recruiting items.
By assigning (writing) data such as the same ID, issue date, expiration date, prize amount, and evaluation criterion to each of the authentication information and the recruitment items, a function of converting the recruitment information for publication and the management information is provided. However, when the recruitment is a recruitment via the WWW server, it is possible to convert the recruitment into the announcement recruitment information and the management information in advance. Split files,
Writing and the like are usually used methods, such as awk and per implemented in the operating system Unix.
For example, a method using a language and / or an instruction of a text processing system such as l.

Means (publication means) 7 for distributing the recruitment items and the prize amount to an unspecified large number include public or electronic mail on a homepage provided on a WWW server on the Internet,
It is distributed via the Internet such as mailing lists and newsgroups. Further, it is needless to say that means for advertising to an unspecified number of people, such as print media such as newspapers and magazines, and media such as wired and / or wireless televisions and radios, is of course included.

Means (distribution means) 7 for distributing the recruitment items and the prize amount to a specific member includes an e-mail account (address) and information that can be provided, such as an area of specialty and residence, in advance or after application. Based on the information in the database in which the keywords are registered, members in the field of application information items are extracted, and the recruitment information for publication is distributed to the members by e-mail.

The classification / conversion processing means 11 performs classification processing and / or conversion processing of application information input from the information providers 8 and 9 via the network 2 via the input means 10. This is a means to convert necessary items into an email format, identify which recruitment information the application information is for, delete and convert the email address (from: information) of the information provider, and write it in the header of the email. Sending to the provider by e-mail, unspecified information provider,
Performed for storage in the database. However, in order to send e-mail, it is common practice to send an e-mail directly without giving header information to the e-mail server, for example, by giving an address as an argument of a command such as sendmail, or by sending an e-mail using an alias. Can be used.

The input / output means 12 outputs (delivery) the recruited application information to the recruiter and inputs evaluation information for the output information from the recruiter. When outputting application information to recruiters, in order to reduce noise in the application information, it may be possible to filter the application information using keywords in the recruitment information and remove noise information that is not relevant. Of course.

The evaluation / distribution means 13 distributes the prize to the provider based on the evaluation information, scores it, and accumulates it in the database 14. The accumulated points may be exchanged for money or goods or reused for new information solicitation.

The database 14 includes information such as the e-mail address of the recruiter, questions, recruitment information such as prizes and deadlines, ID information for authentication and settlement, application information for the recruitment items, and registered information providers ( Information donors)
It accumulates information such as keywords, e-mail addresses, addresses, names, transfer destination bank accounts, etc., information on winning prizes, evaluation information on application information, and the like. Some information may be made available for viewing via a computer network.

The inquiry / publication means 15 includes a database 14
Is a means for inquiring and disclosing the information and the winning prize amount accumulated in, for example, an Internet WWW server and a database server.

The inquiry / publication means 15 includes a database 14
The prize money of each applied member, the recruited items after a certain period of time, and the applied information are disclosed on the computer network 2. Also, the acquired prize amount can be confirmed, and the prize prize winner can request the acquired prize amount. Further, the inquiry / publication unit 15 improves the quality of the application information by publishing the recruitment items and the application information after a certain period.

The settlement means 16 is means for settingtle the prize stored in the database 14 in response to a request from the information provider. In other words, this is to settle the acquired prize money to the prize prize winner, and performs a settlement process using a known method such as transfer to a bank account, electronic money, or the like.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the prize is evaluated by the information recruiter by evaluating the quality of the information and / or by the speed of providing the information, whereby the principle of competition works, and the higher the quality and the faster the information is. Collection can be performed.

[0047]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, in one embodiment of the present invention, the information collection support system includes a first input / output unit 4.
Authentication / confirmation means 5, first settlement means 6, first classification / conversion processing means 7, publication / distribution means 8, input means 11, second classification / conversion processing means 12, , A second input / output unit 13, a database 14, an inquiry / publication unit 15, and a second settlement unit 16, and the information recruiter 1, the plurality of information providers 9, 10 is connected.

Person who wants information, ie, information recruiter 1
Outputs recruitment information (recruitment information + authentication information) to the first input / output means 3 through a public line network and a computer network 2 such as the Internet via a voice input device, an operator or the like.

The recruitment information input to the first input / output means 3 is checked by the authentication confirmation means 3 to determine whether the authentication information is correct. If not, the recruitment information is returned to the recruiter. If the authentication information is correct, the first payment means 6 performs the payment processing on the basis of the authentication information. Also, tag information necessary for extracting and referring to the provided information for the recruitment information is output to the information recruiter.

Next, the first division / conversion processing means 7
The recruitment information is divided into authentication information and recruitment items, and the same ID, issue date, expiration date, prize amount, evaluation criteria, and other data are assigned (written) to be converted into recruitment information for publication and management information, respectively, for publication. The information is published and distributed through a computer network 3 such as the Internet by a publishing means 7 comprising a WWW server and a mail server, and the management information is stored in a database 14 and used for subsequent processing.

Information providers 9 and 10, which can respond to the published or distributed application information, access the WWW server on the Internet or input the application information by e-mail.
Send to

The input application information is classified by the second classification / conversion processing means 12 according to the application information corresponding to the application information, and the second input / output means 13 provides the information recruiter via the public network. Send to 1. As an access method at this time, a connection may be made from an information recruiter, and information may be output in response to an information browsing request, or information may be output independently of the browsing request.

The application information from each of the plurality of information providers 9 and 10 is transmitted to the information recruiter 1 and a sheet for evaluation is also attached.
And evaluates the degree of satisfaction with the acquired application information based on the content and response speed of the application information transmitted from the company.

When the evaluation information from the information provider 1 is input by the second input / output means 12 comprising a mail server, the evaluation information is passed to the evaluation / distribution means 12 and the evaluation / distribution means 1
In 2, the evaluation is made when the deadline for the application has passed, the winning amount of the prize is distributed to one or a plurality of information providers, and the result is stored in the database 14.

The winning prize stored in the database 14 can be referred to the WWW server through the Internet 3.
The public member 14 confirms the ID and password of the applied member, and confirms the amount of the winning prize.

The inquiry / publication means 15 publishes the application information and the recruitment information after a certain period of time to improve the quality of the information by the accumulated synergistic effect.

The information provider who has won the prize is settled by the settlement means 1
6 is notified by e-mail, telephone, facsimile transmission, or the like, whereby the winning prize is paid by means such as electronic money or bank transfer.

As another embodiment of the present invention, for example, an information recruiter (a person or an organization) is given a score in advance, and the information provider operates the information collection support system 17 described above.
Is evaluated by the total reward (score) given to the information provider from the information recruiter, and the contribution of the information application is evaluated as a part of the evaluation of research activities, for example. It may be used.

Further, as another embodiment of the present invention, for example, information recruitment can be used to convert paper (image data) on which a document is written into text data simply, reliably, and quickly. That is, a prize is given to the image data type document input at the facsimile terminal and the recruitment information for requesting the user to type the image data type document, and the member is released and / or registered in advance on the Internet homepage. Distribute to The documents typed by some of those who browsed the recruitment information are collected via a computer network and transferred to the recruiter,
The prize is given to the information provider who has input the document. This makes it possible to convert a document written on paper into text data that can be edited by a word processor.
In addition, text data obtained from a plurality of (3 or more) information providers can be compared, and input errors can be eliminated by excluding a small number of data from different data, thereby enabling more accurate text data input. it can. Further, when it is desired to increase the confidentiality of the document, the image data is added with a tag so as not to break the shape of the characters, and the image data is subdivided. By distributing and reconstructing the meaningless character string converted to text data based on the tag, it is possible to convert an image data type document into a text data type document while maintaining the security of the document. . In such a text data conversion system, a handwritten character or an abbreviated character may be used as long as the character can be decoded by a human,
Documents of the image data type can be converted to the text data type more flexibly and reliably than the OCN.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above embodiment, but includes various forms and modifications according to the principle of the present invention. It is.

[0062]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The following effects are obtained.

According to the present invention, data owned by an individual can be easily and efficiently collected through a public line network and a computer network, and effective use of information and efficient information retrieval can be achieved. It is effective and its practical value is extremely high.

In the conventional method, high cost and labor are required to acquire information on technologies, personal connections, and management that have not been printed or made into a database. However, according to the present invention, it is extremely easy and inexpensive. Such information can be obtained.

Conventionally, those who have knowledge or who have a lot of information have few ways to make effective use of them, and they rarely get rewards commensurate with their knowledge. According to the present invention, the information provider can obtain a reward in exchange for the provision of the information for the recruitment information (question) of the information recruitment, and further, the settlement processing and the like are performed through the system of the present invention. ,
It is also easy to obtain a reward, and it is possible to smoothly distribute information.

In the system of the present invention, since the information collector can solicit information (question) anonymously, there is no disadvantage or shame caused by knowing that information is being collected, and In this case, the information can be smoothly distributed. Further, it can be used for personnel evaluation and text-type conversion of image-type document data.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information recruiter (information recipient) 2 Public line network 3 Computer network 4 Input / output means 5 Authentication / confirmation means 6 Payment means 7 Sorting / conversion processing means 8 Publication / distribution means 9 Information provider (information donor) 10 Information provision Prize winners 11 input means 12 classification / conversion processing means 13 input / output means 14 database 15 inquiry / publication means 16 settlement means 17 information collection support system

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. Desirable information and authentication information of an information recruiter are input from a telephone terminal, tag information corresponding to the desired information is output to the information recruiter, and the desired information is converted into a data format as needed. Further, the prize information is added and the information is published or distributed to a plurality of terminals via a computer network or broadcast, application information for the desired information is input via a computer network, and the tag information is added to the application information and stored in a database. In response to a request for viewing the application information of the information recruiter from a telephone terminal, facsimile terminal or computer terminal, application information for the desired information is extracted from a database based on the tag information and output to the terminal, and the application is performed. An information collection support method characterized by giving a prize to an information provider as needed. 2. Entering desired information from a facsimile terminal of an information recruiter, converting the desired information into a data format as needed, further adding prize information, and publishing or distributing to a plurality of terminals via a computer network or broadcasting. Then, the application information for the desired information is input via a computer network, the input application information is converted into a data format as necessary, and output to an arbitrary facsimile terminal or an e-mail server. An information collection support method characterized by giving a prize to an information provider as necessary. 3. A system for collecting desired information by using a telephone terminal or a facsimile terminal and a computer network, wherein the desired information from the information recruiter and the authentication information for authenticating the prize based on the desired information are provided. Means for inputting and outputting from a public line network, means for authenticating the authentication information and outputting tag information for the recruitment information to an information recruiter, means for settling a prize of the information recruiter, and publishing the recruitment information Means for dividing the recruitment information for use into information for management, means for distributing the recruitment information for publication to an unspecified majority and / or distributing to specific members extracted based on the recruitment information from members registered in advance, Means for inputting application information for the recruitment information for publication, and separating the input application information to the information recruiter and concealing the location of the information provider as necessary Means for applying predetermined processing to the information and adding the tag information to the database, and extracting application information based on the previous term tag information in response to a browsing request of the previous term information recruiter or accumulating information, and Means for converting to voice-type data or facsimile-type data in accordance with the above and outputting the information to an information recruiter via a public line network or a computer network; and distributing a prize to the information provider, thereby obtaining a prize for each information provider. Means for outputting the information to a database. 4. means for accumulating the recruitment information and application information in the database; means for referencing the information accumulated in the database and the amount of winning prize; points accumulated in response to a request from the information provider 4. The information collection support system according to claim 3, further comprising: means for performing settlement. 5. The authentication and settlement of the bill for the prize,
4. The information collection support system according to claim 3, wherein a signal transmitted by pressing a push button of a telephone terminal is used as a combination data of numbers and / or symbols described in a prepaid card distributed in advance. 6. The authentication and settlement of the bill for the prize,
4. The information collection support system according to claim 3, wherein a signal transmitted by pressing a push button of the telephone terminal is used for a symbol and an expiration date of the credit card. 7. The publication of the recruitment information for publication to an unspecified majority is performed by publication and / or broadcasting by a WWW (World Wide Web) server on the Internet,
Also, distribution to specific members extracted based on recruitment information from registered members is performed by e-mail,
4. The information collection support system according to claim 3, wherein: